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Updated Oct. 6, 2000 1:21 a.m. ET

BellSouth, SBC to Call Joint Venture Cingular Wireless

BellSouth Corp . and SBC Communications Inc. said they have named their newly minted wireless joint venture Cingular Wireless. The venture, owned 60% by SBC, of San Antonio, and 40% by BellSouth, of Atlanta, has 19 million customers and about $12 billion in revenue. It is the nation's second-largest wireless carrier after Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group PLC. BellSouth and SBC decided to combine their wireless...